Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1921 — Page 4

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Eight hundred miners in Colorado have refused lower wages and will strike. It looks like a long, cold winter. If you have an opinion on the proposed amendments, any of them, one way or the other, express them at once. The election will be held Tuesday. . — It is not necessary that you be a registered voter to take part in the , special election next Tuesday. Any , person who has lived here long enough to qualify is entitled to cast their ballot and they should do so. if you do not understand the amendments to be voted on next Tuesday, the fault must be yours for they have been published time and again and discussed from various j angles. You still have time to post. yourself and to vote as you believe is best for j’our interests and for the state and community. Amendment number nine, giving the governor the power to appoint the state superintendent will organize the teachers in cliques and result in policies in the schools that may disrupt them, p It takes the rights of the people away from them and we can see no good reason for supporting it, can you? The cost of conslructiou oiMsridges under the state highway commission seems exorbitant and we do not understand why there should be such a difference. It is claimed by some in a position to know that the state pays from $6,000 to SIO,OOO more for the construction of a bridge than the same contract could be let by a county. The West Virginia miners seem to feel that they are doing a great thing by forcing the government to go to the expense and trouble of sending , an army into that country to stop the civil war. It’s a wrong attitude but perhaps there are some things back of the statement that are not understood. Any way conditions are serious and not only in West Virginia. ~ . | When it becomes really important or necessary that our constitution be changed, you will not be guessing at it but there will be such a clamor that the organic laws of the state will be changed. We have amended

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• the constitution of the state n num her of times and we have refused ti do so when the matters under con • sideratiou were not important enough , to demand it. ’ Tile inheritance tax yielded throe million dollars in round figures to the state of Indiana since 1913, according to figures just announced by the state board of accounts. Os tills amount. Adum#, county paid something oVer eight thousand dollars. This fund along with the auto license fund is dumped Into the treasury of the state highway commission now. We even pay to that fund now if we die uud it's a cinch we puy if we live.

W. I). Bynum, former congressman y I I from Marion county and one of the I ; best lawyers of the state is opposed to all of the amendments in the coming election, lie gives his reasons for being against (them, separately and concludes by saying that he is 1 opposed to all of them because their adoption would only delay file calling lof a constitutional convention which ! is the only way to change the fundamental law of tile state, he declares. Lack of interest in the amendment election is the best reason we , know of for fearing the establishment of such a precedent. Those i who push tlie amendments through tlie legislature usually do so for some purpose. They are organized and they work hard. The people are left I to guess at the real reasons and I whether they are good or bad. It’s I certainly a dangerous way to change : our constitution and we very much ; fear that if this practice is started there will be much trouble ahead. Ed. Bush in his speech* the other evening called attention to the fact that a few years ago in one of the European countries where an army that it was believed could lick the world was maintained, it was said that every workman carried a soldier on his back, meaning that the costs of that army were loaded upon the man who produced and Mr. Bush added if we keep on making new boards and commissions and officials it will soon be said of us that every man • when he goes to work will carry an officer on his back. We have overdone the efficiency business and it’s getting to be a load. Making a treaty with Mexico is not the easy, off-hand thing, promised and suggested during the last campaign by republican leaders. We were told frequently that the killing of Americans in Mexico was a disgrace to this country and that theprotection of the American millions > invested the~e an easy thing to provide. The Harding administration some months ago began negotiations for a treaty. It was all worked out ■ and the big interests were ready to I resume operations in the land of i Vila. Yesterday President Obregon fired a message to his congress in which he said a treaty with the United States “is neither possible, convenient nor necessary and creates special privileges tor Americans.” And there you are. It’s our next

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1921.

,1, — —- ———— —-M The Thirteen Proposed Amendments j b

On Heptember 6th the citizens of b Indiana will vote upon thirteen pro- ,, posed amendments to the cinstitutlon. These amendments were approved by two consecutive general ■ assemblies and a law enacted calling < for a special election, this being done to secure an expression of the people which to carry, must have u majority of ull the votes cast. ' Each amendment will be numbered and there will be two squares for each amendment, one lettered ”yes" and the other “no.” Tlie elector will pass on each amendment separately. The amendments as they will appear on the ballots und a word of explanation follows: — Amendment No. 1 (Voters —Citizens) Proposed Amendment to Section 2 of Article 2. Section 2. Itu all elections not otherwise provided for by this Constitution, every citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years and upward, who shall have resided in the state during the six months, and in the township sixty days, and in the ward or precinct thirty days immediately preceding such election, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he or she may reside. To conform with the federal constitution as amended permitting wo- i men to vote and to prevent any but 1 fully naturalized citizens to vote. < ' Amendment No. 2 (Registration) I Proposed Amendment to Section 14 i of Article 2. 1 Section 14. All general elections 1 shall be held on the first Tuesday i after the first Monday in November i but township elections may be held i at such time as may be provided by i law: Provided, That the general as- i sembly may provide by law for the I election of all judges of courts of gen- 1 eral or appellate jurisdiction, by an a election to.be held for such officers I only, at which time no other officer 1 shall be voted for; and may also pro- i vide for the registration of all persons 1 entitled to vote. In providing for the t registration of. persons entitled to t vote, the general assembly shall have i power to classify the several counties, t townships, cities and towns of the ; state into classes, and to enact laws 1 prescribing a uniforjii method of reg- i istration in any or all of such classes, i Will permit law providin* for reg- i istratiou in larger cities and doing away with this in the rural counties. I Amendment No. 3 (Apportionment) Proposed Amendment to Section 4 ; and 5 of Article 4. Section 4. The general assembly shall during the period between the general election in the year 1924 and the convening of the legislature in 1925, and every sixth year thereafter, cause to be ascertained the number of votes cast for all of the candidates for secretary of state in the different counties at the last preceding general election. Section 5. The numby of senators and representatives shall, at the session next following each period when the number of votes cast for office of secretary of state shall be ascertained. be fixed by law, and apportioned among the several counties, according to the number of votes so cast for all of the candidates for the office of secretary of state at such last preceding general election. Under present laws basis is male vote only. This is to include the female vote as well. Amendment No. 4 (Veto-Appropriation) Proposed Amendment to Section 14 of Article 5. Section 14. Every bill which shall have passed the general assembly shall be presented to the Governor if he approve, he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in which it shall have originated, which house

move and not as easy a one really as it seemed to be by the speech makers. Five of every 100 mon in Europe are in the army. •— Seo Doug tonight at the Mecca in “When the Clouds Roll By.” “When the Clouds Roll By", Fairbank’s newest picture, at the Mecca tonight. Tonfetbdance Given by the Fort Wayne Culture Club to be given at the K. of C. Hall at Decatur Tuesday, September 6 at 8 o’clock Music furnished by the Fort Wayne Orchestra Class Instructions 7 to B—sl.oo each or 6 for $5.00 t' f i. EVERYBODY COME i Admission SI.OO per couple. I 206-61

1 shall enter the objections at largt • U|x>n Its journals, and proceed to re • consider the bill. If, after such re - consideration, u majority of all the I members elected to that house shall ; agree to pass the bill, it shall be i sent, with the Governor's objections i to |he other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and. if upproved by a majority of ull the members elected to that house, it shall be a law. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within three days, Sundays excepted, after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law without bis signature, unless the general adjournment shall prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law. unless the Governor, within five days next after such adjournment, shall file such bill, with his objections thereto, in the office of the secretary of state, who shall lay the same before the general assembly at its next session in like manner as if it had been returned by the Governor. But no bill shall be presented to the Governor within two days next previous to the final adjournment of the general assembly. The Governor shall have power to approve or disapprove any item or items of any bill making appropriations of money, embracing distinct items, and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be the law, and the item or items of appropriation disapproved shall be void unless repassed according to the rules and limitations prescribed in this section for the passage of bills over the executive veto. In case the Governor shall disapprove any item or items of any bill making appropriations of money, he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the item or items which he declines to approve, together with his reasons therefor. If the general assembly be in session. the Governor shall transmit to the house in which the bill shall have originated a copy .of each of such items, separately, together with his appended to of such items, and the item or items so objected to shall be separately considered in the same manner as bills which have been passed by the general assembly and disapproved by the Governor, and if on recon sideration such items or any of them shall be approved by a majority of ail the members elected to each house, the same shall be a part of the law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor. Authorizes governor to veto separate items of an appropriation bill. Amendment No. 5 (State Officers —Terms) Proposed Amendment to Section 1 of Article 6. Section 1. There shall be elected by the voters of the state a secretary, an auditor and a treasurer of state, said officers, and all other state officers created by the general assembly and to be elected by the people, except judges, shall severally hold their offices • for four years. They shall perform such duties as may be enjoined by law, and no person other than judges shall be eligible to any of said offices for more than four years in any period of eight years. Would make terms of all state officers four years. Amendment No. 6 (County Officers —Terms) Proposed Amendment to Section 2 of Article 6! Section 2. There shall be elected in each county by the voters thereof at the time of holding general elections a clerk of the circuit court, auditor, recorder, treasurer, sheriff and coroner, who shall severally hold their offices for four years; and no person shall be eligible to either of said offices for more than four years in any period of eight years. Would make terms of all county officers four years. The amendment

SPORT NEWS Play at Bluffton. The Decatur base ball club accompanied by a number •£ rooters will journey to the city of Bluffton Sunday afternoon where they are scheduled to meet the Bluffton city team. The local club has been without a game for several Sundays, but will be back in their old harness and expect to return home with the long end of the score. The team will make the trip with practically ItMIV same line-up and announced this’ morning that tneir next game at home would pfdjtfably be played* at BeHiuont park a week from Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gay were in Portland Thursday attending the fair. —• “When the Clouds Roll By", Fairbanks newest picture, at the Mecca tonight.

;e omit* the office of surveyor. B . Amendment No. 7 g. (Prosecuting Attorney—Term) e Proposed Amendment to Section 11 II of Article 7. o Section 11. There shall be elected i, in each judicial circuit, by the vot- || era thereof a prosecuting attorney. >. who shall hold his office for four I e years. t Would make office of prosecutor j t four yours. Separate amendment ii necessary because office is provided r for in separate provision of const!i, tutiou. Amendment No. 8 x (Lawyers—Qualifications) t Proposed Amendment to Section 21 s of Article 7. , t Section 21. The general assembly » may by law provide for the qualiflca- , tions of persons admitted to the ■ , practice of the law. s Provides of educational tests for i lawyers. i Amendment No. 9 > (State Superintendent) - Proposed Amendment to Section 8 i of Article 8. Section 8. The general assembly | I shall provide for the appointment of -a state superintendent of public instruction, whose term of office, duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law: Provided, That any state su-L perintendent of public instruction elected prior to or at the time of the ratification of this amendment, shall serve out the term for which he shall have been elected. Makes state superintendent of public instruction appointive instead of elective. Amendment No. 10 ( (Taxation —General) Proposed Amendment to Section 1 of Article 10. Section 1. The general assembly shall provide by law for a system of taxation. Ifemoves all restrictions on taxes and is considered by experts to be a dangerous one. 'Amendment No. 11 (Income Tax) Proposed Amendment to Section 8 of Article 10. Section 8. The general assembly , may provide by law for the levy and collection of taxes on incomes and from whatever source derjved, in . such cases and amounts, and in such manner, as shall be prescribed by ' law and reasonable exemptions may ’ be provided. , '' Authorizes state income tax law in addition to other taxes. Amendment No. 12 (Militia) Proposed Amendment to Section 1 of Article 12. Section 1. The militia shall consisit of all able-bodied male persons between the ages of eighteen and • forty-five years, except such as may ’ be exempted by the laws of the Units ed States, or of this state; and shall ■be organized, officered, armed, • equipped and trained* in such manner ’ as may be provided by law. Would permit colored persons to 1 belong to state militia. Amendment No. 13. (Salaries, Terms —Increase) ! Proposed Amendment to Section 2 t of Article 15. Section 2. When the duration of • any office is not provided for by this Constitution, it may be declared by law; and if not so declared, such office shall be held during the pleasure 2 of the authority making the appointment. But the general assembly shall i not create any office, the tenure of f which shall b£ longer than four (4) - years, nor shall the term of office or ~ salary of any officer fixed by this f Constitution or by law be increased y during the term for which such of--1 fleer was elected or appointed. r Designed to prohibit increase of r salary of officer during time for which he is elected or appointed. y Cut this out—study them carefully t —Be sure to vote.

THE MISSION SERVICE The congregation of the St. Paul's: church, near Preble, will observe the annual mission festival Sunday, September 4, in the church. The Rev. George Gotch of Cleveland will preach the sermon in the morning, and the Rev. F. Reinking, of Dover, Ohio, will preach in the afternoon. Professor Gotsch, of Decatur will preside at the organ at -the morning service, and Professor Ude in the afternoon. Rev. D. Gaiser is the pastor of the congregation. \ THE COURT NEWS . \ _ • * Dewis A. Graham vs. Rosa j\ Peafee et al., partition, is the title of 1 a new suit filed in court by Attorney C. b. Walters. | Schurger & Son have filed a quiet title suit for Minerva Heller vs. Archibald Steele et al. Realty transfer: Catherine E. Slawson to Rachel Neuesbaum, ' lot 5, Buena Vista,,s2oo.

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